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Family Cleonymidae. 



Genus Epistenia Westwood. 

 1. Epistenia goethei new species. 

 Fe male: Length, 6 mm. 



Deep metallic blue, the propodeum and the concolorous 

 posterior coxae with greenish, the abdomen black blue, the cephalic 

 three fourths of the dorsal aspect of the second segment brilliant 

 green, contrasting ; scape and all of legs except the posterior coxae, 

 reddish brown (antennae missing) ; eyes pilose ; posterior femur 

 darker toward tip. Fore wings stained from a little proximad of 

 the head of the submarginal vein, distad to apex, the staining 

 somewhat deeper across the wing at the place of origin. Propo- 

 deum and metathorax with short, straight lateral and median 

 carinae. Abdomenpunctate, as well as the head and thorax ; the propo- 

 deum not so. Postmarginal vein distinctly short er than the marginal. 



(From one specimen, the same magnification.) 



Male: Not known. 



From one female labelled as the others and „5984". 

 Habitat: Paraguay, San Bernardino. 



Type: Zool. Mus., Berlin, the above specimen, minutien 

 mounted. 



Pteromalini. 



Neocatolaccus Ashmead. 



1. Neocatolaccus (Catolaccus) cyaneus (Girault). 

 Girault, 1911, pp. 400—402. 



2. Neocatolaccus subviridis new species. 

 Female: Length, 4 mm. 



The same as the preceding species in all structures and colors 

 but much larger and the head and thorax are olive green, the ab- 

 domen and metathorax metallic, the latter green, the former green 

 and purple. Also the propodeum bears the crosscarina and the 

 posterior margin of segment 2 of the abdomen has a slight sinus 

 at the meson. Femora metallic greenish. 



(From one specimen, similarly magnified.) 



Male: Not known. 



From one female, minutien mounted, bearing the usual label 

 and „28. 5. 6077". 



Habitat: Paraguay, San Bernardino. 



Type: Zool. Mus., Berlin, the above specimen and a slide 

 with head, posterior legs, a fore wing and a cephalic leg. 



Family Eurytomidae. 

 Aximini. 



Genus Aximopsis Ashmead. 

 1. Aximopsis tricolor new species. 

 Female: Length, 3,10 mm. 



